Footmarks : a journey into our restless past / Jim Leary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leary, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings--Migrations.

Human beings.

Emigration and immigration--History.

Emigration and immigration.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Excavations (Archaeology).

excavation (process).

Physical Description:

xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Icon, 2024.

Summary:

"On paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space, there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think of the past as static, 'frozen in time'. But archaeologists have in fact always found evidence for humanity's irrepressible restlessness. Now, latest developments in science and archaeology are transforming this evidence and overturning how we understand the past movement of humankind. In this book, archaeologist Jim Leary traces the past 3.5 million years to reveal how people have always been moving, how travel has historically been enforced (or prohibited) by people with power, and how our forebears showed incredible bravery and ingenuity to journey across continents and oceans. With Leary to show the way, you'll follow the footsteps of early hunter-gatherers preserved in mud, and tread ancient trackways hollowed by feet over time. Passing drovers, wayfarers and pilgrims, you'll see who got to move, and how people moved. And you'll go on long-distance journeys and migrations to see how movement has shaped our world"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The stillness of the past

Moving matters

Printmaking : writing on the earth

Footfall : walking as performance

Pathmarking : lines in the landscape

Pilgrim : moved by the spirit

Overstepping : restriction and resistance

Routefinding : following the old ways

Feet follow hooves : walking with animals

Transhumance : traversing the uplands

Wanderland : shaping and being shaped

Wayfaring : being lost and losing oneself

Roadrunning : travelling the social realm

Flowing : journeying with the ferryman

Weatherscape : of skies and seasons

Time's march : crossing continents

One way : routes and roots

Seafaring : across oceans of time.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index.

ISBN:

9781837730254

1837730253

OCLC:

1424915744

Publisher Number:

90100691072